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Voorhees holds its annual Founderís Day Convocation

March 27, 2013

Voorhees
College will celebrate its annual Founderís Day Convocation Thursday, April 11
at 10 a.m. in the Leonard E. Dawson Health and Human Resources Center. The
speaker for this occasion will be the current director for the Office of Economic
Impact and Diversity at the United States Department of Energy.

Nominated
for this position by President Barack Obama, the Honorable LaDoris G. Harris
leads the Department of Energyís efforts to ensure minorities and historically
underrepresented communities are afforded an opportunity to participate fully
in our energy programs.

Harris oversees a corporate funding strategy for minority institutions,
develops the current and future departmental workforce, works closely to
develop small business contracting opportunities at the department and protects
the civil rights of departmental employees and recipients of funding from the
department.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the
University of South Carolina and a Master of Science degree in technology
management from Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Ga.

Following
Founderís Day Convocation, Voorhees will hold a Founderís Day Luncheon to honor
all commissioned graduates. The luncheon will be held in Massachusetts Hall
Auditorium, and tickets are $25. For more information, please contact Teesa
Brunson, director of communications, at 803-780-1194 or at tbrunson@voorhees.edu. To view a
complete listing of Founderís Week activities, visit